Is it crazy to want to leave biglaw right now as a senior (6-7th year) m&a associate to go in house given the current state of our economy? Don’t think I’m in any real danger of being laid off at my current firm but not so sure if I were to go in house.

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People hiring now will already be considering the impending recession, so I don’t think it puts you at risk of layoffs. Plus, in my view, in-house legal isn’t a natural place to start cutting for most companies unless it’s a really big department at a really big company. Companies will look at sales/commercial first.

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All I can say from my own limited experience in a smaller department during COVID is that we got busier and management would only have made a bad situation worse by trimming our department.

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When you’re not sure of what to do, do nothing

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I’m curious right now also as a 7th year

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Counterpoint - if work slows down and you can get paid a biglaw salary for closer to in-house hours for at least a few months, would that be a bad thing?

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